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On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Bradley Gabe <[email protected]> wrote: > Wait what? > > Somebody please let Matt know his email account has been hacked. > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Looking at the replies I get in support as well as overall trend in world >> business, I’d say a lot of the product development is moving to Asia. >> >> >> >> Cheaper labor allows more developers to be hired for the same budget. >> Given that Softimage has a smaller market share compared to it’s siblings, >> they’re probably not going to get much in the way budget increases to fund >> new developments until they come up with something really genius to turn the >> market share in their favor. But that’ll have to come in the results before >> the funding would be granted. I don’t see that happening, therefore they >> have to be more creative with the dollars they have. It’s kind of like >> salary caps in pro sports. Do you go with high-priced veterans and free >> agents, or do you build from the farm and draft picks? The answer is to use >> a good mix. >> >> >> >> Overall it’s not a bad thing as more bodies allows more issues to be >> addressed that have been piling up due to the cutbacks Avid made on >> Softimage staff over the years. In some instances that could be healthy >> because a fresh perspective to old problems may be able to do something to >> improve the fortunes of the product. While it’s always nice to have long >> seasoned veterans around who know the innermost workings of the product, too >> much can stifle development because they get caught in particular thought >> patterns and ways of doing things that may hold the product back. It’s >> human nature. Not saying that happened in this case, just saying in the >> general case. >> >> >> >> >> >> Matt
